title: Anatomy of the dorsoscapular ligament of horses.
abstract: Thoracic limbs from 8 horses were dissected. The dorsoscapular ligament was determined to consist of a collagenous part that fused to the surface of the thoracolumbar fascia and of an elastic part that extended laterally from the collagenous part to attach to the medial surface of the scapula and interdigitate with fibers of the serratus ventralis thoracis muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Histology, College of Veternary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849-5518.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Garrett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012540:Scapula; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae